Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's eSanjeevani initiative today completed 1.3 Crore consultations <br />''<br />''The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's eSanjeevani initiative today completed 1.3 Crore consultations. <br />''<br />''eSanjeevani  is a telemedicine initiative of  the Central government. <br />''<br />''Union Health Ministry in  a statement said that as a digital platform of healthcare services delivery,it has gradually shaped into a parallel stream for the Indian healthcare delivery system. <br />''<br />''Today, around 90,000 patients utilise the eSanjeevani platform on a daily basis.<br />''<br />''Two variants of eSanjeevani, namely – doctor to doctor (eSanjeevaniAB-HWC) and patient to doctor (eSanjeevaniOPD) are providing remote consultations all over India.<br />'' <br />''Launched in November 2019, eSanjeevaniAB-HWC is planned to be implemented at one lakh 55 thousand  Health and Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat Scheme, in 'Hub and  Spoke' model by December 2022. <br />''<br />''eSanjeevaniAB-HWC is currently functional at over 27 thousand Health and Wellness Centres and these spokes are being served by around three thousand hubs which are located in district hospitals and  medical colleges.<br />''<br />''eSanjeevaniOPD, the second variant of this mammoth telemedicine initiative, was rolled out in  April last year  during the first lockdown, when the OPDs across the country were shutdown. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">eSanjeevaniOPD enables access to outpatient services by the patients in the confines of their homes.</span><br />